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" You have to show reality as it is, not as you wish it to be. "
Jorge Ramos
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" What I'll say is that Cuban-Americans don't have to deal with the same immigration issues as other nationalities because of the 'wet feet, dry feet' policy. For Cubans, one year after you touch United States territory, you can become a legal resident. "
Jorge Ramos
Immigration
Legal
Say
" Immigration is the issue that tells us who is with us and who is against us; there's no question about it. And it's very simple to understand why - half of all Latinos over 18 years of age were born outside the United States. It really makes no sense to attack them and criticize them if you want their vote. "
Jorge Ramos
Why
Age
Immigration
" You wouldn't expect ABC or any of the mainstream networks to take a position on immigration, health care, anything. But at Univision, it's different. We are pro-immigrant. That's our audience, and people depend on us. When we are better represented politically, that role for us will recede. "
Jorge Ramos
Care
Better
People
" Neutrality is for referees in a football game. You have to take a stand. The really, really good journalists always take a stand with those who have no power, with those who have no rights, and with those who have no voice. "
Jorge Ramos
You
Football
Voice
" I think as journalists, we have to keep our distance from power. "
Jorge Ramos
I Think
Keep
Power
" When you talk to a Latin American president, they make you feel so tiny right from the beginning, right from the moment when they shake your hands. "
Jorge Ramos
American
Hands
Moment
" I'm not seeing tough questions asked on American television. I'm not seeing those correspondents that would question those in power. It's like a club. We are not asking the tough questions. "
Jorge Ramos
Power
Tough
American
" I don't think I win most interviews. For instance, with Fidel Castro, I only spoke with him one minute and three seconds. But I think he won because I couldn't get anything from him. With the former president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, it happened exactly the same thing. "
Jorge Ramos
President
Him
Think
" As journalists, we cannot swallow the official line without question. We should challenge almost everything that dictators, presidents and officials say. "
Jorge Ramos
Say
Line
Challenge
" The United States gave me opportunities that my country of origin could not: freedom of the press and complete freedom of expression. "
Jorge Ramos
Freedom
Country
Me
" The future of TV is not on TV. It's on the smaller screens we are all using in front of the television set. "
Jorge Ramos
TV
Front
Future
" I don't like to put labels on anyone. I'm a reporter. I'd rather observe and describe and question. "
Jorge Ramos
Like
Put
Question
" Trump's characterization of undocumented immigrants is, of course, absurd. Not only do the facts, well, trump his assertions, but his prejudiced views demonstrate a deep ignorance about Mexican immigrants in the United States. "
Jorge Ramos
Facts
Ignorance
Deep
" Hate is contagious. A few seconds after Donald Trump has told me something hateful, somebody else repeats it. He has legitimized what people only dare say in their kitchens and bedrooms. "
Jorge Ramos
Me
Say
People
" There used to be a tradition within the Hispanic community that, regardless of your political party, you would support undocumented immigrants. That ended with Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz. "
Jorge Ramos
You
Support
Political
" I sent Trump a handwritten note requesting an interview with my cell-phone number in it. That was a huge mistake. You should never, ever give your cell-phone number to Donald Trump. You know what he did with it? He put it on the Internet. "
Jorge Ramos
Internet
Mistake
Know
" You have to go through a mental and emotional process to recognize who you really are. I finally recognized that I cannot be defined by one country. "
Jorge Ramos
Process
Country
You
" The new rule in American politics is that no one can make it to the White House without the Hispanic vote. "
Jorge Ramos
Vote
American
Hispanic
" Happiness for me is the people whom you love, love you back. "
Jorge Ramos
You
Back
Happiness
" Sometimes you have to ask the question as if it's going to be your last question - as if it's going to be the last time you talk to that person. "
Jorge Ramos
Last
You
Time
" My only advice is, follow your dream and do whatever you like to do the most. I chose journalism because I wanted to be in the places where history was being made. "
Jorge Ramos
Journalism
You
Dream
" Trump seems to think he can win the White House with only the white vote. I believe that the only way to win the White House is with the Latino vote. If the Republican candidate cannot get 33 percent of it, he cannot win the White House. "
Jorge Ramos
Win
Vote
Think
" The Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci used to say that for her, an interview was like a war. I get the sense that we've forgotten that here in the United States. You turn on the TV, and you see very bland interviews. Journalists in the United States are very cozy with power, very close to those in power. "
Jorge Ramos
You
See
Say
" I will go to a nice restaurant in Miami, and no one sitting at the tables will notice me or even know who I am. Then everyone in the kitchen comes out and wants to take a picture. "
Jorge Ramos
Kitchen
Picture
Nice
" Mexico will never accept U.S. military intervention. Mexicans always remember 1848. "
Jorge Ramos
Accept
Remember
Will
" We need not only one Cesar Chavez; we need a thousand Cesar Chavezes. "
Jorge Ramos
Thousand
Chavez
Need
" It's a privilege to work as an anchor for Univision, but more important, I am amazed by how Latinos are transforming America. "
Jorge Ramos
Work
America
Anchor
" I have been asking if I'm an activist or a journalist. And my answer is very simple. I'm just a journalist who asks questions. "
Jorge Ramos
Asking
Simple
Just
" What I find most interesting about the U.S. is this idea of equality. That's what I'm trying to do with immigration. If what the founding fathers said is true, that we are all equal, then let's fight for that. "
Jorge Ramos
Equality
Fight
Interesting
" My only weapon is the question. "
Jorge Ramos
Only
Weapon
Question